Representative members are full of confidence in the development prospects of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Speeding up “soft and hard connectivity” in the Bay Area
Accelerate the creation of strategic pivots
■Editor's note
For high-quality development, time waits for no one but seize the day.
The Third Plenary Session of the 13th Provincial Party Committee made specific arrangements for the "1310" plan, which requires that we adhere to high-quality development as the driving force and strive to be at the forefront of promoting Chinese-style modernization.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Provincial Party Committee and the Economic Work Conference of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized "showing new actions and creating new achievements in the practice of promoting Chinese-style modernization in Guangdong", once again sounded the rallying cry for high-quality development.
The two sessions of Guangdong Province in 2024 have begun.
Looking back at the vigorous high-quality development of Guangdong over the past year and looking forward to future development prospects, the representative members are full of confidence and high spirits, actively contribute pragmatic strategies, and seriously plan long-term plans.
From now on, Nanfang Daily and Nanfang+ Client will launch the "High Quality·New Achievements" column, and include "New Trends in the Bay Area", "Manufacturing Leadership", "Aspects of Science and Technology Innovation", "New Guangdong at Sea", "Happy Answer Sheet", etc. Column, please pay attention.
“The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has unlimited strength and unlimited potential!” This year, representatives of the Provincial People’s Congress and Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area came to participate with their personal experiences of the development and changes in the Greater Bay Area and the achievements of their duties over the past year. Yes, we are full of confidence in the development prospects of the Greater Bay Area.
How can the Greater Bay Area become the strategic fulcrum of the new development pattern?
Many representatives and committee members focused on promoting the "hard connectivity" of the Greater Bay Area's infrastructure and strengthening the "soft connectivity" of rules and mechanisms, and put forward suggestions and practical measures based on their own fields and cities.
●Nanfang Daily reporter Zeng Meiling, Zhou Huan, Chen Ziyang, Huang Jinhui and Zhong Zhe
Accelerate the construction of cross-regional
major transportation infrastructure
In recent years, with the connection of rapid transportation, infrastructure interconnection in the Greater Bay Area has accelerated.
"Bay Area integration, transportation first." Lu Yuanyuan, deputy secretary of the Provincial People's Congress, deputy secretary of the Shunde District Committee, deputy district chief, and acting district chief of Foshan City, pays special attention to the topic of planning and construction of major cross-regional transportation infrastructure.
"As the economy and society continue to develop, the demand for rapid transportation is also increasing." She said that Shunde District, as an important node for the Bay Area's expansion into the inland and an important gateway connecting the Guangzhou-Foshan pole and the east bank of the Pearl River, also urgently needs further improvement. The level of external transport connections.
It is hoped that the construction of a number of cross-regional strategic corridors such as Foshan Metro Line 11, the northern extension of the second phase of the Zhongshan Eastern Outer Ring Expressway, and the Shunde Section of Guangzhou Metro Line 26 can be accelerated to strengthen rapid connections with cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Dongguan. connect.
In addition, Lu Yuanyuan also suggested establishing and improving a provincial communication and coordination mechanism for the planning and construction of major cross-regional transportation infrastructure.
"The provincial level will take the lead to further improve the project coordination mechanism, regularly organize relevant departments and relevant prefectural, district (county, city) governments to hold coordination and linkage work meetings, promote the accelerated construction of a number of cross-regional major transportation infrastructure projects, and form a high-speed railway , intercity railways and high-grade highways as the main body of the three-dimensional rapid transportation network to help the integrated development of the Greater Bay Area."
With the implementation of the "Macau Cars Going North" and "Hong Kong Cars Going North" policies, the traffic volume of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has reached a record high, and it has become one of the popular passages for tourists from Hong Kong and Macao to travel "north".
Lin Zhiying, member of the Provincial CPPCC and supply chain director of Sinopec (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., feels deeply about this.
"After the bridge was opened to traffic, it not only achieved the goal of a '1-hour living circle' in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, but also expanded the bridge's foreign trade 'circle of friends'. At present, the places where import and export goods are sent and received through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge port have reached 31 provinces in the mainland ( Autonomous regions and municipalities) are fully covered, and the market involves more than 230 countries (regions)."
He suggested using the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge as an entry point to vigorously develop inbound tourism and export trade, and continuously enhance the attractiveness and influence of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
At the same time, cross-border freight channels will be further expanded to attract more foreign trade companies, especially cross-border e-commerce companies, so that more goods can enter the mainland market through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
Lin Zhiying believes that the new customs clearance model of "cooperative inspection and one release" can be expanded to achieve "queuing once and checking documents once" to facilitate customs clearance and travel for overseas tourists and attract more people to visit and spend in the Greater Bay Area.
Improve the level of market integration in the Greater Bay Area
The connection of rules and mechanisms is the key to promoting the deep integration and high-quality development of cities in the Greater Bay Area.
Not long ago, the National Development and Reform Commission released the "Three-Year Action Plan for Building an International-Class Business Environment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area."
According to Wang Bin, deputy to the Provincial People’s Congress and general manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting Services (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., this is the “mission statement” and “timetable” for the Greater Bay Area to create a market-oriented, legal and international business environment.
She believes that in order to build a world-class business environment in the Greater Bay Area, it is necessary to connect the rules between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and between the Greater Bay Area and international general rules.
"The internationalization of the Greater Bay Area must be based on the integration of international rules, and the first step is to achieve the connection of rules and smooth mechanisms between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and to improve the level of market integration in the Greater Bay Area," she said.
Wang Bin noted that the "Regulations on Nansha Deepening Comprehensive Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Facing the World" proposed to support Nansha in building a comprehensive service base for Chinese enterprises to "go global" and a service platform for foreign investment in Nansha.
"It is recommended to take this as an opportunity to strengthen Nansha's 'bringing in' and 'going out' functions." Wang Bin said.
Last year, Guangdong released the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Construction of the "Digital Bay Area"", proposing to use the construction of the "Digital Bay Area" as the first step in the Digital Guangdong strategy and the main battlefield for the digital development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
According to Chen Jiao, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and co-chairman and executive president of Jiadu Group, Guangdong not only has massive data resources, a strong talent reserve and a solid industrial foundation, but also has rich application scenarios.
"I believe that the construction of the 'Digital Bay Area' can effectively promote the connection of digital rules and mechanisms in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and promote the construction of a new digital infrastructure network for efficient connectivity."
To this end, Chen Jiao suggested accelerating the establishment of a public data authorization operation system and platform, standardizing and guiding the "listing" of data assets, and becoming a new asset in the digital economy, thereby revitalizing the value of existing data in enterprises.
Considering the important role of cross-border data in international trade and international financial activities.
She also hopes to speed up the training of data talents and build a safe, compliant and orderly data circulation mechanism, thereby promoting the cross-border allocation and circulation of resources.
"These measures can be piloted in places or industries where conditions permit, providing a reference for better utilizing the amplification, superposition, and multiplication of data elements," Chen Jiao said.
(Nanfang Daily)